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Two people meet by chance on a breathtakingly lovely Caribbean island. Both are on the rebound from previous relationships. Their chemistry is great, they fall in love, they get engaged, they’re a wonderful happy couple and a joy to watch. Move them to Devon, a bleak, cold, gray, village filled with sarcastic and sour-faced residents. Now add personal problems - they’ve spent their last dime on IVF, he wants children, she can’t carry a pregnancy. Each episode has her sitting alone at the beach, wrapped in a jacket staring out at the cold water, on the verge of tears. Children play in the background to remind her of what she’ll never have. He is reduced to investigating pathetic local crimes and finding ways to avoid going home. They look old, tired, and miserable. Who thought this was a good idea for a series? It’s just depressing and painful to watch.